George MeritonLand-Lords Law . . . Being A Collection of several Cases in the Law concerning Leases, Distresses, Replevins, Rescous, Waste and several other Matters which often happen between Land-Lord and Tenant [etc.]. Wing M1802 London: Printed by the Assigns of John More, 1665. Contemporary sheep, quite worn, rebacked, new endpapers, some worming and paper repairs, but sturdy and usable, six copies in ESTC; the Taussig copy The rare first edition of the first work on the English law of landlord and tenant, especially important to the history of English land law, reflecting England's unique position among European countries in the amount of land cultivated by leasehold

Le journal des sçavans de l'an 1665 [& 1666], par le sieur de Hedouville. Amsterdam, Pierre le Grand [D. Elzevier], 1679. [French title: Le journal des scavans, tome premier, ou sont continues les annees 1665 & 1666] FIRST EDITION OF THE FIRST VOLUME OF THE AMSTERDAM EDITION OF THE JOURNAL DES SÇAVANS FOR THE YEARS 1665 & 1666. The full content can be viewed at the Gallica web portal. Robert Hooke's magnificent and revolutionary Micrographia also appeared in 1665 and the second half of this volume, the 1666 half, reproduces as a fold-out copperplate engraving Hooke's wonderous drawing of the underside of a flea as seen through a microscope. Twelve pages of text are also devoted to Micrographia, a work Samuel Pepys called the most ingenious he had ever read. "On January 5, 1665 French writer Denis de Sallo , Sieur de la Coudraye (pseudonym Sieur d'Hédonville) published from Paris the first issue of the first French literary and scientific journal, Journal des sçavans . This was also the earliest scientific journal published in Europe, predating Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London by three months" (Norman, History of Information). "The journal ceased publication in 1792, during the French Revolution, and although it very briefly reappeared in 1797 under the updated title Journal des savants, it did not re-commence regular publication until 1816. From then on, the Journal des savants became more of a literary journal, and ceased to carry significant scientific material" (Wikipedia). CONDITION & DETAILS: Amsterdam: Pierre le Grand. [6], 780, [18]. In-text and fold-out copperplates. Complete. Handsomely bound in full-calf with five raised bands, gilt-ruled at the spine; gilt-tooled in compartments. Tight and very solid. Minor toning throughout. Very good condition.

Meriton, GeorgeLand-Lords Law . . . Being A Collection of several Cases in the Law concerning Leases, Distresses, Replevins, Rescous, Waste and several other Matters which often happen between Land-Lord and Tenant [etc.]. Wing M1802 The rare first edition of the first work on the English law of landlord and tenant, especially important to the history of English land law, reflecting England's unique position among European countries in the amount of land cultivated by leasehold. Contemporary sheep, quite worn, rebacked, new endpapers, some worming and paper repairs, but sturdy and usable, six copies in ESTC; the Taussig copy. Printed by the Assigns of John More, London, 1665.

[Religious Text] Sternhold, Thomas (Translator - Book of Psalms); Hopkins, John (Translator - Book of Psalms)The Holy Bible [together with] The New Testament of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ: Newly Translated out of the Original Greek [together with] The Whole Book of Psalms: Collected into English Meeter...; Containing the Old Testament and the New. Newly Translated Out of the Original Tongues and with the Former Translations Diligently Compared and Revised. By His Majesties Comand. Appointed to be read in Churches London: John Bill and Christopher Barker; The Company of Stationers, 1665. Leather bound. Very good. Three volumes in one, sixteenmo size, unpaginated. An early edition of the King James Bible (which was first published in 1611), with an additional "Book of Psalms" bound in, and a contemporary ms prayer written on the verso of the "New Testament" title page.___DESCRIPTION: Contemporary full calf, re-jointed, with gilt rules, flourishes and lettering to backstrip, three engraved title-pages; sixteenmo size (6" by 3.75"), unpaginated, thick (about 2"), three volumes bound into one book, the Old Testament having been published in 1664, the New Testament in 1662, and the separate Book of Psalms in 1665; some signatures and a ms prayer.___CONDITION: A very good copy, with a strong, square text block, no worming or damp stains, internally bright, with several signatures to endpapers and a few scattered throughout (all from early owners, one dated 1699), some rubbing to extremities including a signature scratched into the lower board, a few small chips to the fragile paper; overall very good.___CITATION: Herbert #689.___POSTAGE: International customers, please note that additional postage may apply as the standard does not always cover costs; please inquire for details.___Swan's Fine Books is pleased to be a member of the ABAA, ILAB and IOBA and we stand behind every book we sell. Please contact us with any questions you may have, we are here to help.

(Greek Old Testament)He palaia diatheke kata tous Hebdomekonta. Vetus Testamentum Graecum ex versione Septuaginta interpretum. Juxta exemplar Vaticanum Romae editum Cambridge: John Field, 1665. Second edition of the Septuagint printed in England; variant B, with misprint in Greek title and sun and cup transposed in motto on title. [2], 19, [1], 755 [i.e. 767], [1], 516, 273 pp. Text in Greek type in two columns. 12mo. Full morocco gilt to style by John Gardner, Borough Green, marbled edges and endpapers. One gathering sprung. Second edition of the Septuagint printed in England; variant B, with misprint in Greek title and sun and cup transposed in motto on title. [2], 19, [1], 755 [i.e. 767], [1], 516, 273 pp. Text in Greek type in two columns. 12mo. A handsome copy of the second edition of the Septuagint printed in England (following the first of 1653), and the first edition to include the oft reprinted preface by John Pearson. John Field was printer to Cambridge University. "Possibly a reissue by Hayes, who was University Printer from 1669 to 1680" (Darlow & Moule). Darlow & Moule 4702

Blaeu Willem Janszoon (1571 - 1638) AmsterdamArcis Uraniburgi, a Tychone Brahe, dno de Knudstrup, in Insula Hellesponti Danici huenna Constructae, quo ad totam Capacitatem, de signatio. Artist: Blaeu Willem Janszoon ca ; issued in: Amsterdam; date: ca1665 - - technic: Copper print; - colorit: original colored; - condition: Perfect condition; - size (in cm): 46,5 x 57; - description: Map shows the observatory of Tycho Braha (Uraniborg) in Öresund, Denemark. From Astronomiae instauratae mechanica (1598).The building was dedicated to Urania, the Muse of Astronomy, and it was named Uraniborg, The Castle of Urania. It was the first custom-built observatory in modern Europe, though not the last to be built without a telescope as its primary instrument.; - vita of the artist: Joan Guilliemus Blaeu was the eldest son of Willem Janszoon Blaeu (1571-1638), and was probably born in Alkmaar in the province of Noord-Holland in the final years of the 16th century. He was brought up in Amsterdam, and studied law at the University of Leiden before going into partnership with his father in the 1630s. Although his father Willem had cartographic interests, having studied under the Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe and having manufactured globes and instruments, his primary business was as a printer. It was under the control of Joan that the Blaeu printing press achieved lasting fame by moving towards the printing of maps and expanding to become the largest printing press in Europe in the 17th century.By the 1660s the Theatrum Orbis Terrarum (or Atlas Maior as it had became known by this time) had expanded to between 9 and 12 volumes, depending on the language. With over 3,000 text pages and approximately 600 maps, it was the most expensive book money could buy in the later 17th century. The translation of the text from Latin into Dutch, English, German, French, and Spanish for several volumes created enormous work for those involved in typography and letterpress activities. It is estimated that over 80 men must have been employed full-time in the Blaeu printing house in Bloemgracht, not including engravers who worked elsewhere, with over 15 printing presses running simultaneously, and in 1667 a second press was acquired at Gravenstraat. At the same time as producing the Atlas Maior, Blaeu was also publishing town plans of Italy, maps for globes, and other volumes. At its peak the Blaeu press managed to produce over 1 million impressions from 1,000 copper plates within four years.

PEARSON, John (ed.)He Palaia Diatheke kata tous Hebdomekonta. Vetus Testamentum Graecum ex Versione Septuaginta Interpretum Cambridge: Joannem Field, 1665. First Edition. Full-Leather. Good+. 2 vols.: Vol. 1: 19, "755" [757]; Vol. 2: 516, 337 p. Volume 2 has two pull-out maps. Leather worn at edges, corners bumped. Volume 2 has a label on front board. Label residue on front pastedowns and pencil marks on rear. A few very minor tears and stains. Volume 2 repaired on pages 181-182. The Bible in Greek. Editor John Pearson (1612 - 1686), an English theologian and scholar, added a Latin title and Latin preface to the beginning. Printer's device on t.p., which shows arms outstretched, with the sun in right hand, and a cup in the left hand. Three states of this imprint have been identified in Darlow & Moule. This is believed to be the first.

WEBB John 1611-1672A Vindication of Stone-Heng Restored: London, under S Dunstan's Church in Fleet-street.: Tho. Bassett, 1665 VG+, 1st ed, 1665, 11 illustrations within text. In contemporary boards, gilt edge tooling, corners & edges lightly bumped & worn. Re-spined to style, raised bands, decorative gilt tooling, gilt titles to red calf label. Internally, imprimatur leaf, [1], [6], 92, 97-232 pp, [1] errata, 11 numbered engravings within text, 2 headers & 2 initial letters, has the final errata leaf (which is normally lacking), title page in red & black within double ruled borders, with vignette, pagination skips from 92 to 97 (printers error present in all copies), no loss of text catchword or text, its continuous, gilt tooling to board edges, text block edges sprinkled red, minimal scattered foxing, pages 17, 20, 26, 27, miss numbered 20, 17, 22, & 23. (Folio, 194*293 mm). (ESTC R12913. Wing 1203. Allibone 2621). Webb was a British architect & student of Inigo Jones (1573-1652). Jones's theory was that Stonehenge was built as a Roman temple, open to the sky & dedicated to the god Coelus. In 1663 Dr Walter Charleton in his Chorea Gigantum, attributed Stonehenge to the Danes. Webb countered with the current work which is both a rebuttal of Charleton & an invaluable account of his life, character and work of (as Webb put it) The Vitruvius of his age. See ODNB. Title continues: in which the orders and rules of architecture observed by the ancient Romans, are discussed. Together with the customs and manners of several nations of the world in matters of building of greatest antiquity. As also an historical narration of the most memorable actions of the Danes in England.

CUREAU DE LA CHAMBRE, Marin.Discours sur les causes du débordement du Nil. Paris: Jacques Dallin, 1665 - Quarto (252 × 183 mm). Contemporary full calf, raised bands to spine, compartments gilt with floral lozenges within double ruled panels, presentation gilt stamp to the front board, "Aux Capuchins de St. Honoré". Light browning, a little rubbed on the boards and chafed on the joints, but a very good copy. Engraved map of the topography of the Nile to the text, title page vignette, historiated initials, engraved head- and tailpieces. First edition, for the first time published separately, previously included in his Pensées of 1634 and 1662; uncommon, just six copies on OCLC, three of them in the US. Cureau was Louis XIV's doctor, the monarch apparently having been impressed by his ability to judge character from outward appearance. A precursor of Lavater, Cureau's was indeed best known for his work in the area of physiognomy, but he also published on physics &#150; the nature of light, on rainbows &#150; the occult, and philosophy, the final paper here being a study of the divine in Platonic philosophy. The critic Jean Chapelain, his contemporary, said of him: "C'est un excellent philosophe, et dont les écrits sont purs dans le langage, justes dans le dessein, soutenus dans les ornements, et subtils dans les raisonnements." This could perhaps be a presentation copy, as in addition to the gilt supralibros there is an inked inscripton, "Pour les Capucins de St. Honoré" to the title page. The Capuchin convent adjoined the Tuileries gardens. The Blackmer copy with bookplate to front pastedown. Blackmer Catalogue 171; Ibrahim-Hilmy p. 351. [Attributes: First Edition]

Bellarmin, Robert, SJ.Yulpana meshihaya]. (Dottrina Cristiana breve, syriace). Rome, Typis Sac. Congreg. de Propaganda Fide, 1665. - 8vo. (4), 49, (1) pp. With woodcut printer's device on title page (Christ sending the Apostles forth to spread the Gospel). Modern wrappers. Very rare translation of Bellarmino's "Dottrina Cristiana breve" (the abridgement of his abridged catechism) into Syriac, translated by Ya'kubh Binyamin. With the exception of the imprint, the text surrounding the printer's device on title page, and the imprimatur on the t. p. verso, which are in Latin, the text is entirely in Syriac printed in the Estrangelo alphabet. In 1613, the Arabic version of Bellarmino's "Doctrina Christiana" had inaugurated the famous Typographia Savariana as their first book printed with Arabic types. - Only 4 copies listed by OCLC. BL Italian (17th cent.) II, 755. OCLC 792777103. This edition not in de Backer/Sommervogel, Schnurrer, or Smitskamp. [Attributes: Soft Cover]

FARON, Luc.Panarion [ou Dictionnaire médical].[Paris, ca. 1685?-ca. 1710?]. 4to (22 x 17.5 cm). Manuscript in French, written in an upright Latin hand in brown ink on paper. Contemporary sheepskin parchment. A dictionary of medicinal remedies for more than 300 ailments, written in French and arranged alphabetically by the names of the ailments. It covers a very wide range of ailments from insomnia and menstrual problems to gangrene and even hypochondria, but especially noteworthy at this early date are the five pages (pp. 7-11) devoted to the eating disorders anorexia, pica (the eating of things that are not food) and bulimia. It begins with a list of weights and measures, sometimes giving equivalents (p. 1), followed by the alphabetical entries (pp. 2-604) and additions on epilepsy, tobacco oil and other subjects (pp. 605-621). After numerous blank leaves, the manuscript ends with a 9-page glossary with brief definitions of about 100 technical terms (a 2-page table of contents plus pp. a-i).What appears to be the oldest inscription on the endpapers, at the head of the first free endleaf, reads, "Faron m[aî]tre en chiru[r]gie". Little seems to be known about him, but is probably the Luc Faron, "maître chirurgien" in Paris whom a 1665 document describes as the second husband of Elisabeth Le Tellier. The dating is problematic and leaves may have been added during the writing of the text, possibly for decades. Some of the late additions to the manuscript are written in a different hand.With numerous contemporary and 19th-century inscriptions on the endleaves. A couple bifolia slightly loose, an occasional transparent ink stain (never obscuring the text), an occasional dried drop of what may be medicines, and a few leaves with minor and mostly marginal water stains, but still in good condition and only slightly trimmed, leaving generous margins. The binding is slightly loose and a group of quires has shifted toward the fore-edge, with a few worm holes in the boards and spine, some cracks in the hinges and only fragments of the ties.

Antique Print-ROME-VATICAN-ST. PETER'S SQUARE-BASILICA-Rossi-Falda-ca. 1665 - Antique print, titled: 'Veduta dell' ampia Basilica Vaticana.' - This print shows a view of the large Vatican Basilica, St. Peter's Basilica, with it's long circular collonade. Engraving on hand laid paper. Description: Source unknown, to be determined.Artists and Engravers: Made by 'Giovanni Battista Falda' after 'Filipo Rossi'. Giovanni Battista Falda (1648-1678), was an architect, draftsman and engraver. He is known for his views of Rome, made from an architectural point of view. By inserting scenes of urban activity he succeeded to transform the perspective view in a lively picture of Rome. His work was very popular by the visitor's of Rome in those days. Publisher: Giovanni Giacomo De Rossi (1627 - 1691) was an Italian printer and publisher active in 17th century Rome, founded by his father Giuseppe de Rossi (1570-1639), in 1633. By the mid 17th century the Rossi firm was considered the most active and important press in Rome. Their corpus of published prints include the work of Gimbattista Piranesi (1720-1778), Benedetto Castiglione (1609-1665), Pietro Testa (1612-1650) and Giovan Francesco Grimaldi (1606-1680). The Rossi firm was renamed Calcografia Camerale in 1738. In 1870 the Calcografia Camerale was again renamed Tegia Calcografica which it remained until 1945. Today the Rossi press is known as the Calcografia Nazionale and is a free museum located at 6 Via della Stamperia, Rome. The print and printing plate collections of the Calcografia Nazionale are among the largest and most important in the world. Condition: Excellent, given age. Some small stains. Original middle fold, as issued. Print has been in matting, some discolouring on print. Remains of attachment to carrier to the rear of the sheet. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully. Storage location: TPC-P5-01 The overall size is ca. 27.7 x 20.7 inch. The image size is ca. 24.5 x 18.8 inch. The overall size is ca. 70.3 x 52.6 cm. The image size is ca. 62.2 x 47.8 cm.

MOCQUET DE MEAUX JeanVoyages en Afrique, Asie, Indes Orientales, & Occidentales 1665 - Fourth edition. 6 engraved plates of which 5 are in the text. Small 8vo. Contemporary speckled calf, one or two small repairs, some browning. [viii], 442, [12]pp. Rouen, Antoinr Ferrand, Born in 1575, Mocquet held the posts of Apothecary and Keeper of the Cabinet of Rarities to Herni IV of France, and as such was authorised by the King to travel abroad and collect specimens. ?Between 1601 and 1612, Mocquet undertook five voyages in search of knowledge, experience, and additions to his collections. In 1604 he visited the West Indies, including Guiana. He also wrote of the Amazons that they were ?'warlike women. who make war upon those of the continent of the coast of Brasil.' He recorded much important botanical and natural history information.?(Howgego). Subsequently, Mocquet spent two years in Morocco (1607-09), before journeying to East Africa, and then India, where in 1610 he met Pyrard de Laval, whilst in Goa. His final journey took him to Syria and the Holy Land in 1611. Borba II, p.576; Sabin, 49790; cf. J.C.B. European Americana II, 617/94; Howgego, M145.

Meriton GeorgeLand-Lords Law . . . Being A Collection of several Cases in the Law concerning Leases, Distresses, Replevins, Rescous, Waste and several other Matters which often happen between Land-Lord and Tenant [etc.]. Wing M1802 Printed by the Assigns of John More, London 1665 - Contemporary sheep, quite worn, rebacked, new endpapers, some worming and paper repairs, but sturdy and usable, six copies in ESTC; the Taussig copy The rare first edition of the first work on the English law of landlord and tenant, especially important to the history of English land law, reflecting England's unique position among European countries in the amount of land cultivated by leasehold [Attributes: First Edition]

Church of England. Book of Common Prayer. Greek. 1665.[in Greek, transliterated:] Biblos tes demosias euches kai teleseos mysterion kai ton allon thesmon kai teleton tes ekklesias, kata to eth[os] tes Agglikanes Ekklesias. Pros [de] t[ou]tois typos k[ai] tropos tes katagaseos, cheirotonias, kai kathieroseos episkopon, presbyteron, k[ai] diakonon. En te Kantabrigia: Ioannou Phieldou, 1665. 12mo (14.5 cm, 5.75"). [36], 126, [2 (blank)] pp. [as issued, with the same publisher's] Bible. Psalms. Greek. 1664. Psalterion toy Dabid kata tous Hebdomekonta eis ta tmemata, ta en te tes Agglikanes Ekkesias leitourgia nomizomena, diegemenon. 12mo. 1664. [2], 115, [3], 11771, [1] pp. [and] Bible. New Testament. Greek. 1665. Tes kaines diathekes apanta. 12mo. [2], 419, [1], pp. First edition of this Greek translation of the Book of Common Prayer. The preface is signed "I.D.," i.e., James Duport, a popular professor of Greek at the University of Cambridge, who had the year before printed a translation of the Psalter (which appears here with the BCP as issued, under a separate title-page) and Ordinal, along with the Greek New Testament and Apocrypha (the title-page of the New Testament being an insert, and the Apocrypha having separate pagination). This is only the second translation of the BCP into Greek, following the first by Elias Petley in 1638. There were apparently two settings of this edition produced by printer John Field in the same year, under the same title and imprint, with priority not established; the present example has line six of the main title-page all in capital letters, and the "Alma mater Cantabrigia" device following the last page of the Psalter  but while the sun is on the left and the cup on the right of the Psalter title-page device, they are reversed on the New Testament title-page, apparently indicating that the New Testament is from a variant post-dating the BCP and Psalter. Binding: Contemporary mottled calf Cambridge-style, covers framed in double gilt fillets and panelled in triple gilt fillets with gilt-tooled corner fleurons; spine with gilt-stamped leather title-label and gilt-ruled compartments. Provenance: Front free endpaper with early inscription in red pencil: "Gibson's [/] Queens [/] Oxon. [/] 1787[?]." Most recently in the library of American collector Albert A. Howard, small booklabel (AHA) at rear. Biblos: Wing (rev.) B3632; ESTC R204258; Griffiths 45:3. Psalterion: Wing B2720A; ESTC R204259. Tes kaines diathekes: Darlow & Moule 4702; Wing B2733. Bound as above, worn and showing expectable acid-pitting with edges, extremities, and spine rubbed; spine label cracked with loss of central portion of label. Endpapers with early inked annotations in Greek and English. Central portion with top-marginal faint to light waterstaining, generally though not always but a sliver; one leaf with tear from outer margin into text, with loss of one letter; one leaf with short tear along paper flaw, without loss of text. Final work with early inked underlining; rear fly-leaf with a few jotted references in Greek. => A scholar's copy of this nice example of early English Greek liturgical/scriptural printing.